When Aly graduated from Mud Bay Home School, we made sure she had a recipe box that included many of the family favorites, plus cards and room for a lot more. Perhaps we needn’t have bothered. She has Internet access at her apartment, and it seems she uses this blog as a recipe source far more than the box!
To wit: I recently discovered a great recipe for Pumpkin Risotto with Wild Mushrooms. I tried it out on Michelle last week, and told Aly about it. She’s now thinking of using it to take advantage of her recent mushroom foraging to make a side dish for the Thanksgiving dinner she’ll be attending with southern family. Michelle and I will be participating in three Thanksgiving feasts this week (so far) and are thinking of making the dish for each of them.
The recipe has been languishing in a binder full of clippings for at least 8 years. While looking for the “fabled” Martha Washington pumpkin recipe, I stumbled upon this one. It seems to have been clipped from Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion, from an October or November issue, can’t say what year.
As with virtually every recipe we touch, we’ve adapted it to our tastes, resources, and situation.
My first attempt at Pumpkin Risotto with Wild Mushrooms. There’s a story behind why we have a photo of this dish; I’ll try to get that posted soon (Photo: Mark Zeiger).
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